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Lightfoot was already 27 at the time of his solo debut, which might have accounted in part for the unusually fully developed maturity and confidence on this recording, in both his songwriting and vocals. This contains some of his best compositions, including "Early Mornin' Rain," "I'm Not Sayin'," "The Way I Feel," "Lovin' Me," and "Ribbon of Darkness." At this point Lightfoot was still including some covers in his repertoire, and he handles numbers by Phil Ochs ("Changes"), Ewan MacColl ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), and Hamilton Camp ("Pride of Man") well. For his next LP, The Way I Feel -- the second half of this two-fer -- he went for a fuller band sound, using a couple of the noted Nashville session men (Charlie McCoy and Ken Buttrey) who had played on Bob Dylan'sBlonde on Blonde. The result was a brighter and more accessible sound, with the country elements more to the fore. The songs weren't quite as impressive as his first batch, but they were still very good, highlighted by the epic "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" and an electrified remake of "The Way I Feel."

By their fifth album, Peter, Paul & Mary had fallen into a consistency of approach
that could be viewed as either dependable or predictable. This had the usual assortment of traditional songs (Motherless Child, The Cuckoo), songs that had first ...

The two early- to mid-'70s John Stewart albums contained on this CD comprise an odd
but satisfying body of music. Recorded across nearly two years, they start out sounding a half-decade or more out of date, even for their own ...

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Ben Harper began his career with the solo acoustic debut Welcome
to the Cruel World. Childhood Home takes Harper back to his roots -- literally: he recorded it in collaboration with his mother, Ellen Harper. There ...

Even more than its predecessor, the aptly titled Dart to the Heart eschews the heavier,
more political tendencies that had become synonymous with Bruce Cockburn's music for more than a decade, returning to a more personal, introspective side. The opening ...

Signing to Koch Records' classical subsidiary Linus in 2005, Toronto-based chamber music experimentalists Quartetto Gelato
reissued several older albums as well as the comprehensive career overview Favorite Flavors: Best of Quartetto Gelato. Gathering tracks from all stages of the quartet's ...

The Kronos Quartet have famously refused to allow themselves to be hemmed in by the
narrower parameters of the traditional classical repertoire, devoting themselves to contemporary classical works, experimental pieces, and other compositions outside the usual confines of art music. ...

John Fahey was one of the most influential acoustic guitarists of his generation, and his
impact was felt even by people who never heard his music. Fahey's championing of rural blues masters such as Charley Patton and Bukka White before ...

See What Tomorrow Brings is a strong album that plays to the strengths of Peter,
Paul, & Mary. There is a good variety of material within their folk format, and a nice esprit de corps that pervades the recording. All ...